MATERIALS NEEDED: Paper Plates, coffee filters, Spray bottle filled with

water, Neon acrylic paints,  large & small brushes, hot glue gun

& glue sticks, plastic trays or 8" plastic plates, paper punch,

2" wire ribbon for bow, Hair dryer, scissors,

twine to make a clothes-line, thin silver wire & wire cutters.

 

THE ONLY PART OF THIS ACTIVITY THE SENIORS

WILL BE WORKING ON IS PAINTING THE COFFEE

FILTERS AND THE PAPER PLATE. THEY WILL

HAVE TO PAINT 7 COFFEE FILTERS FOR THEIR

WREATH. DEPENDING ON THEIR SPEED AND

ABILITY, THIS COULD REQUIRE 1-2 SESSIONS.

YOU WILL BE ASSEMBLING AND GLUEING

EVERYTHING TOGETHER LATER. HAVE THE SENIORS

PICK OUT A MATCHING BOW FOR THEIR WREATH.

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INSTRUCTIONS:

1. First gather all your equipment together,

then fill your paint palette with 4 different

colors of paint that will blend well together.

Next, fill a cup with water to rinse your brushes.

 

2. Take a paper plate and cut a circle

out in the center of the plate, about

1 1/2 inches from the edge of the plate.

 

3. Have the seniors paint the circle with

acrylic paint. Once the paint has dried,

use your paper punch and make 8 holes

opposite each other around the plate.

To make the holes big enough, use

three punches to make each hole.

 

4. The seniors will need to paint 7 coffee

filters to complete their wreath. First,

place your coffee filter in the center of

a paper plate and spray your filter with

enough water to make it stick to the plate.

Next, use the neon acrylic paints to paint

different designs across each filters. 

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5. Remove your filters from the paper plates

and place them onto a plastic tray or plastic

plate to dry.

 

6. Then dry your filters with a hairdryer

set at a low power setting on medium to

high heat. When using the hairdryer

hold it in the center of the filter about 

one 1/2 inches above the filter and rotate it

around your filter until it is completely dry.

 

7. Once your filters are dry, form them into a

flower shape and place a thick maker in

the middle pressing it inward while twisting

and crimping the bottom of the filter

to form a small knob.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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8. Take the knob at the bottom of each filter

and press it through each of the holes that

encircle your wreath, leaving the top hole

empty to attach the bow.

 

9. After you place the knob through the hole,

hot glue it to the back of your circle,

holding it securely until it dries.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10. To attach the bow to the top of the wreath,

first, take a thin wire about 12" long, and encircle

your bow with the wire, wrapping it tightly

around the bow and tying it together in the back.

Next, make a loop with the extra wire in the back

and use this loop to hang your wreath. 

To attach the bow to the wreath, first thread the loop through the top hole

and then hot glue the back of the bow to the top part of your wreath.

 

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11. For a nice accent, clip your coffee filter 

butterfly onto the bow.

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